More Human Than Human discusses the legacy of our ancestors, which shaped our world today. Humans made Art, & Art made us human. The film discusses how we see ourselves and how we express our views through art. The Venus of Willendorf statue was more than 25,000 years old and is now worth more than $60 million dollars. The small figure of the female with exaggerated parts opens our mind to examine how other cultures saw themselves. Throughout the world, similar statues with exaggerated features were also found. I really enjoyed the part about Egyptian culture and art. Its fascinating to examine their culture. After examining Egyptian art, researchers discovered why the reliefs along the walls and pillars of Egyptian architecture over hundreds of years was similar. Egyptian Grids define the Egyptian culture with their obsession with consistency and order, which is what their society was based on. Culture is king and dictates how we depict the body. I also was fascinated by the man who discovered the Greek statues while snorkeling. The film definitely relates to the text.
The Cairo Museum film was picked upon my fascination of Egyptian culture. The Cairo Museum is home to more than 160, 000 Egyptian artifacts, although only half of them are on display currently. The other half of the beautiful and amazing artifacts are in the basement, where a majority of them are lost in dark spaces and have been untouched since their initial discovery of almost 100 years ago. The most fascinating artifacts were definitely the treasures of King Tut. The restoration of the Gold and leather piece that King Tut wore is AMAZING. Its crazy to think all of these beautiful artifacts are still in tact. The technique used in creating these fine objects of their culture relate to the text perfectly when discussing past periods and cherishing the skills used then which we almost done have the power to recreate now.
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